Dude, it's just cheese. If you like it, eat it. It's got lovely protein and calcium. It's hard to eat too much protein...it's the other stuff (simple/processed carbs) you eat that puts on weight.

Originally Posted by RedCatWaves

OK I need to Delurk to comment on this because I just died a little inside. TOO MANY CARBS DOES NOT PUT ON WEIGHT!!! THis is a HUGE myth, too many calories PERIOD causing a positive energy balance (More energy intake than output) is what causes weight gain PERIOD. Carbs includes things like Veggies, Fruits, Brown Rice etc. You eat a low Carb diet you will get dehydrated, lose muscle mass (due to the need to get glycogen from somewhere which causes your body to look for it in your muscles) and possibly cause a condition called ketoacidosis. It IS possible to get too much protein and when you have exceeded your limit it gets stored as fat since you don't store protein, excess protein does NOT turn into muscle mass. I wouldn't worry about consuming too much just stay away from protein supplements. Carbs should be 45-65% of your daily intake of calories. Any less than this and I guarantee you will feel sluggish/tired and will not be able to work out to your full extent. Sigh, that is all. Can you tell I just finished Nutritional sciences midterms.

Haha yea I kinda freaked out there. I work in an industry where these kind of myths make my life VERY hard. Just one of those things that gets my hackles up ya' know? Simple carbs makes a difference if it's crammed with fat & sugar but it's still calories in vs calories out.

Cook macaroni according to package directions, drain and place in 1 1/2 qt. casserole dish. Add crumbled bacon, onions, 1 1/2 cps of the mozzarella, all the blue cheese, half and half or cream, and pepper. Toss gently to combine.

Bake uncovered for 20 min.. Stir gently. Top with the remaining mozzarella, bake 10 more min. or until top of casserole is brown & bubbly. Let stand 10 min.

Try making this at home (courtesy of the Bacon Show blog). Substitute the blue cheese for feta and it will be the most delicious mac & cheese you will ever have, I promise.

There is a Greek restaurant near me that makes a spicy feta spread that I am addicted to - it's like a whipped feta with hot red peppers and olive oil & lemon. So good.

Originally Posted by rileyb

You need to get the recipe & share. This sounds so good.

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There is a Greek restaurant near me that makes a spicy feta spread that I am addicted to - it's like a whipped feta with hot red peppers and olive oil & lemon. So good.

Originally Posted by rileyb

You need to get the recipe & share. This sounds so good.

Originally Posted by Lotsawaves

It's called tirokafteri - and I've seen a bunch of recipes online, but a lot of them have cream cheese, which this restaurant definitely does not use in theirs. I think this is probably the closest, except I would maybe substitute some lemon juice for vinegar:

Haha. thanks ladies. Feta it is tonight. I cant locate fat free feta here , but tons with spices in them.
By the way here is Asia. Im just dying for some tomatoes with few drops of oilive oil and some feta cheese. dont know if there is any name to that!
Here is what i want to do soon:

My mom was trying to be helpful one day and bought me several pounds of chicken legs - in one of those packages you have to cook all at once.

So I just made them - put them in the pan still frozen, low heat until they thawed some, then put paprika and onion powder on them. Flipped them when half cooked, more seasoning, and used the remainder of a container of feta on the top and in between legs. It turned out delicious!

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